The government has offered at least Sh3.8B to compensate victims of human-wildlife conflict to ease the backlog of pending cases over the last three years. According to Kenya Wildlife Service Director General Prof. Erastus Kanga, the agency has recorded 26,000 cases of such conflicts in the last two years alone, attracting more than Sh1.2 billion...Read More

The government has promised to compensate legitimate landowners affected by the rising water levels of Lake Nakuru, where hundreds of residents have been displaced and property worth millions of shillings destroyed. Lake Nakuru is among several lakes in the Great Rift Valley region experiencing alarming rising water levels, a phenomenon that has devastated local communities...Read More

Head Public Service Felix Kosgey (right) and former KWS Director General Julius Kipngetich during the 2nd Wildlife Scientific Conference at Lake Naivasha Resort, on September 23, 2025. The government requires more than Sh1.2 billion to compensate families whose kin were killed by wild animals in the last two years. With the cases of human-wildlife conflict...Read More

Hippos on the shore of Lake Naivasha where cases of human-wildlife conflict have been on the rise. Change in land use, infrastructural development, increasing human and livestock population and habitat loss have been identified as some of the major challenges facing wildlife conservation. The Wildlife Research and Training Institute (WRTI) said that the only solution...Read More

In Summary The 2021 census report showed 36,280 elephants, black rhino (897), white rhino (842), northern rhino (2), lions (2,589), hyenas (5,189), cheetahs (1,160), wild dogs (865) and buffalo (41,659). Other animals counted include Maasai giraffe (13,530), reticulated giraffe (19,725), Nubian giraffe (938), common zebra (121,911), Grevy’s zebra (2,649). Census officials fuel a fixed-wing aircraft...Read More